pidstat Command Examples

Show system resource usage, including CPU, memory, IO etc. More information: https://manned.org/pidstat.

• Show CPU statistics at a 2 second interval for 10 times:

pidstat {{2}} {{10}}

• Show page faults and memory utilization:

pidstat -r

• Show input/output usage per process ID:

pidstat -d

• Show information on a specific PID:

pidstat -p {{PID}}

• Show memory statistics for all processes whose command name include "fox" or "bird":

pidstat -C "{{fox|bird}}" -r -p ALL